Nicolas Muñoz, MD

About Dr. Muñoz

Nicolas Muñoz is a categorical resident in general surgery. He completed undergraduate education at The University of Texas and received his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. During medical school, he studied integration of care for people with HIV/AIDS and Opioid Use Disorder, and healthcare utilization of pediatric patients with gastrostomy tubes while also helping to create the Addiction Medicine Collaborative and participating on the Dean’s Committee for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice. His thesis work focused on characterizing trust in healthcare for caregivers participating in pediatric group well-child care. His clinical and professional interests include pediatric surgery and structurally competent care for vulnerable populations.

Research

2019 - 2020
Trust in Healthcare among participants in pediatric group well-child care
Department of Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine 

2019 - 2020
Healthcare utilization in pediatric Gastrostomy tube patients
Section of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery
Yale University School of Medicine 

2017 - 2019
Integration of care for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and HIV and Hep. C
Section of Addiction Medicine, General Internal Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine

2013 - 2015
Functional recovery with peripheral nerve repair
Dr. George Bittner Neurobiology Laboratory
The University of Texas

Publications

1. Oldfield, B. J., Muñoz, N., McGovern, M. P., Funaro, M., Villanueva, M., Tetrault, J. M., & Edelman, E. J. (2019). Integration of care for HIV and opioid use disorder. AIDS (London, England), 33(5), 873–884.
2. Oldfield, B. J., Muñoz, N., Boshnack, N., Leavitt, R., McGovern, M. P., Villanueva, M., Tetrault, J., Edelman, E. J. (2019). “No more falling through the cracks”: A qualitative study to inform measurement of integration of care of HIV and opioid use disorder. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 97, 28–40.
3. Riley, D. C., et al. "Polyethylene glycol‐fused allografts produce rapid behavioral recovery after ablation of sciatic nerve segments." Journal of neuroscience research 93.4 (2015): 572-583.
4. Ghergherehchi CL, Bittner GD, Hastings RL, et al. Effects of extracellular calcium and surgical techniques on restoration of axonal continuity by PEG-fusion following complete cut- or crush-severance of rat sciatic nerves. Journal of neuroscience research. 2016;94(3):231-245.

Abstracts

1. Oldfield, B. J., Muñoz, N., McGovern, M., Villanueva, M., Edelman, E. J., Tetrault, J. (2019). Integrating care of hepatitis C virus infection and opioid use disorder: a systematic review of interventions in diverse clinical settings; In: The College on Problems of Drug Dependence 2019 Annual Conference; El Paso, Texas.
2. Fu, W.W., Muñoz, N., Ozgediz, D., Stitelman, D., Cowles, R., Caty, M., Solomon, D., Christison-Lagay, E. (2020). Complication burden and healthcare resource utilization after pediatric gastrostomy tube placement; In: Academic Surgical Congress; Orlando, Florida.